Just wanted to share a little project I just finished up. It's a mini book made from recycled return envelopes, you know the kind we toss out, that come with our mail almost everyday :):):)
As you can probably tell, I love recycling things we toss out as trash!!!
I painted the envy's with yellow acrylic paint, added spaces & tags to write or attach images to. Hand bound the book pages with embroidery floss. Oh and I designed and cut the "You are my sunshine... My only sunshine" with my Silhouette Cameo.
Well that's all for now... It's pretty straight forward, hope you like it.
I hope you're all enjoying your Saturday. I've been to our local farmers market today, for the weekly vegi's.
Yesterday, I managed to finish up my latest project and took the pic's this morning to share with you. Since the TP gift-wrap surprise was such a hit with my mom and her friends, I just had to make some for Christmas.
They're light enough to hang on the tree if you'd like. They'd be great to fill with candies, nuts or even some moolah ;)
BTW... My moms little surprise was a key chain, that I knew she liked and it turns out she was more excited about the packaging it arrived in! You can see it here Recycled TP Mini Gift Bag, if you'd like.
Did everyone have a great weekend? I hope so :):):)
Since I didn't get my crafty on, this weekend, I thought I would share a video that warms my heart and makes me smile! It also makes me look at things differently... Such a beautiful little soul ♥♥♥ We love you Duncan!!!
Don't forget to watch the video his parents made... You'll surely fall in love with him too!
Here's my version of some sweet little cards I made, after seeing this great video at JenniferMcGuireink.com. Thanks Jennifer :):):)
My balloon body's are part Nestabilities circles & part hand cut. The ends of the balloons are also hand cut, with some bakers twine tied to them. Then I just added some hand-stamped, embossed tags. It took less than 20 mins to make all four cards. Quick and easy!
Hi, Happy Sunday! I hope you all enjoyed your weekend. I've graduated from reorganizing my craft space/supplies, to reorganizing the entire house, garage and potting shed. My husband's reluctantly on board, but I'm sure he wishes I still had my day job :):):) I've ordered a small dumpster so we could purge, all the years of unnecessary collecting. We've already made 2 donation trips to our local goodwill and I'm sure there will be more!
OK, so here's a simple little card idea I had before falling asleep one night and since I actually remembered it in the morning, I decided to bring it to life!
The couple, their black bow ties and heart are all covered in super fine glitter. Sure wish I would've captured that a bit better, it really makes it look adorable. Everything was cut via CCR, with my Cricut Expression. The entire couple is popped up for a 3D effect.
How was your weekend? I see everyone has been very busy making fabulous things!!!
Last week, for me, was all about reorganizing, sorting and, as hard as it is, purging through all my craft supplies. I'm hoping to have it all wrapped up today, but it is 8 years of stuff. It's quite interesting to see how my taste has changed, since I began crafting back in 2006. My DH was very helpful, he ran out and bought clear plastic bins, made labels for the bins, drawers, folders and moved the heavy stuff for me. I'm looking forward to having this project completed, it feels so good to get things reorganized and to get rid of excess.
Here are a couple of July Christmas cards. I was inspired by seeing everyone else's fun July Christmas cards. They're made of all scraps and recycled Christmas cards. You can't see it in the picture, but the poinsettias, are behind a clear, acetate window. Recycle and reuse :):):)
A little unknown tidbit about me :) I was raised in California, but I'm originally from New York. Although I don't recall much about living in N.Y., I still have some family there and affection for the state. I would also love to visit some day.
Anyway, a good friend of my mothers, recently traveled there for a wedding and had asked me to create, a New York skyline, wedding card and here's what I came up with!
Oh and just for fun... Let's not forget a somewhat traditional I ♥ New York card!!!
Since I've been itching to make some things from empty tp rolls and I had picked up a little something for my mom (shhh!!! It's a surprise) I decided to make her a fun little package. This is my version of this sweet little package made by Becky Shander at Art & Illumination. Thank you, Becky!
First... I cut the bottom of the tp roll with a victorian cut, sewed that end shut, inked the edge of the top & bottom. Hot glued some scrap burlap all the way around the middle. Added 4 paper flowers secured with a polka-dot brad to the front center of the burlap. Punched eyelet sized holes at the top, sides of the open end and set eyelets to hold the wire handle. Added some washi tape above and below the burlap strip for some added fun.
My awesome cousin graduated high school this month... Woohooo, David!!!
I made him this simple little graduation card, used my Cricut Expression and the cartridges "Classroom - June & July" , "Plantin Schoolbook" & "CCR Basics". The 2014 is popped up with foam tape for a nice 3D effect.
Late as always. Would you believe that in real life, I'm one of the most punctual people ever. I'm actually kind of anal about being on time, but when it come to keeping up my blog, I am never on time. That's what happens when one just has too much on their plate.
Well, I'm happy to announce that, I'll be retired in a couple weeks.... So I'll be able to free my artistic soul and have more time to blog about it :):):)
On April 7th my Dear Granny Phyl passed away, just 3 days after her 83rd birthday. She was a kind loving soul and will miss her dearly. Her beautiful laughter will live on in my heart forever.
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This is the card I created for her daughter, my Aunt Patty.
I've hand-cut the card base, clouds and mountains. I u
sed Copics to color in the "Green Grass" image by Stamps Happen, Inc. and then fussy cut the image, leaving out the original sentiment and adding "My thoughts are with you always" in the clouds. I've also added a pretty little ribbon, lots of stitching and layers, as well.
Thanks for visiting... Wishing you all a wonderful week.
Addicted to NASCAR or perhaps there's a wonderful man in your life who is?
Well we are and for my DH's 50th, I bought him a NASCAR experience at Auto Club Speedway, where he'll learn to drive a real NASCAR all on his own. Naturally I needed a super fun Birthday card to go with his gift. I instantly remembered this cute little monster digi, I colored in a Copic class given by Michelle Houghton and thought he'd be an excellent place to begin. I added the checkered flags, to make the little cutie race ready ;)
Here's my DH's 50th Birthday card... I hope you like it!
Yes it's true, I've been published in Cricut Magazine® Cards Idea Book Dec 2013 and I'm so excited to finally be able to share the news with my crafty friends.
It's a project I'd posted previously, some of you may remember. I was asked to pull it from all websites for a certain amount of time and now I am able to share it again :):):)
Here's another 1st.... A video about my tags.
Awesome Reusable Tags:
Tags and flowers were created in CCR and cut using my Cricut
Expression with Art Philosophy cartridge.
Inks, stickles & rock candy crackle paints by Tim Holtz.
Tattered Angles (for shimmer)
